Michael's day started with a Skype call from the Czech Republic. He got to see two of the grandkids (one was sadly home sick) and talk to his little girl. The breakfast I had planned had to be canceled due to my migraine. And bad weather prevented our meeting for lunch so although it had started well, it was not running according to plan. He had to wait until dinner to celebrate some more.
I made salmon in lemon caper sauce. It was good. And one of his favorite foods, mashed potatoes. Then he opened presents while talking on the phone. This is the way you have to do things when your kids live so far away. While he was talking, I made "his" cake. The white cake with fudge icing. This year's icing came out really well as it did last year. I cannot believe that I have actually figured out the trick to this icing. I think it has to be snowing for the fudge to set up right.
Three telephone calls during the evening and he had made contact with our whole brood. They were so thoughtful to remember him. It was fascinating to hear one end of all these conversations. Our children are so amazing. The range of topics was so wide--everything from Triumph sports cars to poetry. Best part of his birthday was that he had miscalculated and had already been telling people he was the age he turned yesterday. So he got a freebie birthday and didn't get any older!
This morning, Michael called me to the window. Everything had been flocked. The wind really doesn't blow here very often, but there was a little wind last night because horizontal and vertical surfaces were covered in snow. It looked like someone very busy had taken a can of that flocking stuff and sprayed our entire yard. Too cool for words. I downloaded a large file so you can click on it and see the amazing detail.
(Photograph credits: moi.)
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